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The latest ByteDance news, : Cambricon founder Chen enters China's top 10 richest as AI chip demand surges.
ByteDance is a Chinese internet giant that recently ordered over 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 GPUs alongside Alibaba and Tencent. The company also develops the open-source DeerFlow project for research agents. Recent coverage highlights its significant investment in compute infrastructure and its position within China's expanding AI sector.
23 stories mentioning ByteDance since 15 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.
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Cambricon founder Chen enters China's top 10 richest as AI chip demand surges
Chen, the founder of Cambricon, was placed 10th on the 2026 Hurun China Rich List released on Oct. 27, after his wealth rose 14% from a year earlier. He joins three newcomers – DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng, Chen…
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Nvidia’s China AI chip shipments drop 44% as export limits and production constraints tighten
Nvidia’s shipments of AI chips to China fell 44% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, per IDC, despite reported orders totaling over $35 billion for RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards. The decline reflects U.S. export…
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TikTok U.S. seeks four gigawatts of compute power by early 2030s
TikTok's U.S. entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, is looking to secure multiple gigawatts of computing capacity, with sources telling CNBC that it wants four gigawatts by the early 2030s. The joint venture runs…
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Canva releases its first image generation model Canva Craft
Canva has launched Canva Craft, its first in-house image generation model developed by its research team Canva Research. The model uses a two-stage architecture that separates compositional planning from image…
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Data shows AI explains stalled tech job recovery, not the initial bust
New analysis of labor data from the US, India, and China suggests that artificial intelligence did not cause the recent decline in tech employment, but it is the primary reason the sector has not recovered. The initial…
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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 GPUs for $35 billion
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have placed orders for more than 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 workstation graphics cards, according to a Reuters exclusive that cites people familiar with the matter. At roughly $11,400…
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Nvidia reportedly receives $35 billion PRO 5500 orders from Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance
A Reuters report says Nvidia has received orders for more than 3 million RTX PRO 5500 workstation graphics cards from Chinese internet giants Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, with a combined list price exceeding $35…
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Nscale faces Norway delay and penalties ahead of $35B IPO
Bloomberg reports that Nscale is preparing for an initial public offering with a valuation of up to $35 billion, but the company faces significant operational hurdles. One of its flagship AI data centers in Norway is…
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Midjourney v8.1 tops VN.ai’s list of AI models violating Hollywood copyrights
A report by VN.ai, a startup that tests AI tools for copyright violations, found Midjourney v8.1 generated images of copyrighted characters in 37% of prompts, the highest rate among 15 models tested. The model also…
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China leads in AI researchers and publications but trails US in compute and model capabilities
China now has 51,000 active AI researchers compared with 14,000 in the United States, according to Digital Science data cited by Nature. Chinese undergraduates made up 57% of NeurIPS 2025 authors, up from 46% three…
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TikTok CEO expects major scientific breakthroughs from AI within three years
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said at the DBS Asia Future Forward Conference in Singapore that artificial intelligence could drive major scientific breakthroughs in physics, biotech, chemistry, and material science within…
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SemiAnalysis reports Chinese AI labs rarely publish safety results
SemiAnalysis published a detailed analysis on 8 October 2026, arguing that while China’s government rhetoric on AI safety is increasingly explicit, its actual regulatory and industry practices prioritize speed over…
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Oracle reportedly makes $7b lease deal with Tencent for 100,000 AI chips
Oracle has reportedly entered a five‑year lease agreement with Tencent for about 100,000 advanced AI chips that are not available in China. The deal is estimated to be worth about $7 billion, or roughly $1.60 per chip…
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DeerFlow lets AI handle research tasks end-to-end with local agents
DeerFlow is an open-source project from ByteDance that turns AI into a ‘dedicated computer’ for research and document creation. It runs sub-agents, memory, and sandboxes together, with built-in skills like report…
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Tencent signs ~$7B deal with Oracle for ~100K AI chips
Tencent has signed a five-year agreement with Oracle worth approximately $7 billion, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. The deal grants the WeChat owner access to roughly 100,000 advanced AI chips that…
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SemiAnalysis reveals China’s 24GW datacenter capacity, surpassing EMEA
China’s datacenter capacity now exceeds 24 gigawatts, surpassing EMEA and the rest of Asia combined, according to SemiAnalysis’ new China Datacenter Model. The report tracks over 1,000 facilities across 60+ operators,…
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ByteDance accounted for nearly 75% of Nscale's 2025 revenue via Norway data center access to Nvidia B200 chips
ByteDance, through its Singapore subsidiary Spring, accessed 2,304 Nvidia B200 AI chips at Nscale’s Glomfjord, Norway data center in May 2025, enabling use of restricted U.S. technology despite export controls. This…
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China builds hundreds of data centres in Inner Mongolia to power AI expansion
In the grasslands of Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab region, rows of rectangular data‑centre blocks are rising alongside potato fields. Hundreds of facilities are being built for Chinese tech giants such as Huawei, ByteDance…
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Tencent launches Hy Image 3.5 preview, says it matches ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro
Tencent Holdings Ltd. announced the preview of its new image‑generation model, Hy Image 3.5. The company says internal testing showed the model’s output was on par with ByteDance’s Seedream 5.0 Pro, a leading…
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ByteDance launches Dramagic AI platform for short drama production
ByteDance introduced Dramagic, an AI platform that handles the entire workflow for short dramas and videos, from script analysis and character creation through storyboarding to video previews. The service is sold via…
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Google to invest at least €13 billion in Finnish AI data centers and nuclear power
Reuters reported on September 9, 2026 that Alphabet’s Google will spend at least €13 billion (about $15.1 billion) on AI infrastructure in Finland during 2027‑2028. The plan covers three new data‑center sites and…
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China Surpasses US in Consumer AI Adoption
A Morgan Stanley report highlights that China has surpassed the United States in consumer artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, with tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba integrating AI directly into popular everyday…
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Create cinematic AI video with Seedance: a step‑by‑step guide for marketers
This tutorial walks marketers through a repeatable workflow for producing cinematic‑looking AI video using Seedance, the diffusion‑based video model from ByteDance. Ross Symons, co‑founder of Zen Robot, explains how to…
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As of 29 October 2026: Cambricon founder Chen enters China's top 10 richest as AI chip demand surges. Chen, the founder of Cambricon, was placed 10th on the 2026 Hurun China Rich List released on Oct.
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ByteDance is a Chinese internet giant that recently ordered over 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 GPUs alongside Alibaba and Tencent. The company also develops the open-source DeerFlow project for research agents. Recent coverage highlights its significant investment in compute infrastructure and its position within China's expanding AI sector.